SAN JOSE, Calif. – Tomorrow, the Strikeforce heavyweight grand prix will come to an end.

But then what?

Officially, the winner gets one more fight under the Strikeforce banner before the division is folded. But in reality, there isn’t much of a division to fold. Finding the guy who wants to fight the winner of the tourney isn’t going to be an easy sell, finalist Daniel Cormier told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com).

“I think a whole bunch of things would have to happen,” he said. “If they’re thinking about bringing a guy over from the UFC, that guy’s going to have to agree to do this. Not many people want to leave the UFC to come to Strikeforce. That’s just a fact.”

“Strikeforce: Heavyweight Grand Prix Finale” takes place tomorrow at HP Pavilion in San Jose, Calif. Main-card fights air live on Showtime while Showtime Extreme carries the preliminary card.

When it comes to talent that could fill the void, there’s free agent market, but few top heavyweights aren’t already spoken for. That leaves a bevy of fighters who may or may not be able to provide a competitive fight for Cormier (9-0 MMA, 6-0 SF) or fellow finalist Josh Barnett (31-5 MMA, 2-0 SF).

“When you start looking at free agents, there’s just really not that much out there,” Cormier said. “So I don’t know who it could be.”

And with just one fight to promote the grand prix champion, Strikeforce broadcast partner Showtime doesn’t have much to work with. How much incentive do they have to push a winner who’s bound for the UFC? Especially when that promotion’s president, Dana White, has washed his hands of what goes on in the sister promotion.

“There really is no relationship between me and Showtime,” White said at a press conference in support of this month’s UFC on FOX 3. “Don’t get me talking about this. I don’t need this aggravation. I’m not in Strikeforce. I’ve got nothing to do with it.”

Zuffa and Showtime are contractually joined for seven more months, after which an option exists to renew for another year. Zuffa has delivered three events thus far this year and owes five more, which is plenty of time to put a period on the heavyweight division, who clash in tomorrow’s main event.

Who will step up? Who wants to step up?

Barnett, for one, doesn’t care. It could be a guy off a bar stool.

“Some sucker,” he said. “Whoever is brave enough to get in there and try their luck. I think they’re going to find somebody, and then they’re going to pick out a very nice coffin for him.”

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